蜂蜜

Chinese

		bee; wasp	honey
simp. and trad. (蜂蜜)		蜂	蜜
anagram		蜜蜂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fēngmì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄇㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fong¹ mi²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фынми (fɨnmi, I-II) / фынми (fɨnmi, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ mat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phûng-me̍t
• Jin (Wiktionary): feng¹ mieh⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): pŭng-mĭk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phang-bi̍t / hong-bi̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pang¹ bhig⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹fon-miq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngmì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongmì
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-mi⁴
    • Yale: fēng-mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengmih
    • Palladius: фэнми (fɛnmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ mi⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fong¹ mi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fungmi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фынми (fɨnmi, I-II) / фынми (fɨnmi, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fəŋ²⁴ mi⁵¹/, /fəŋ²⁴ mi²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fung¹ mat⁶
    • Yale: fūng maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 蜂蜜 風物／风物

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phûng-me̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: pung´ med
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pung¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ met̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: feng¹ mieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /fə̃ŋ¹¹ miəʔ²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pŭng-mĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ⁵⁵ miʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phang-bi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: phang-bi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phangbit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaŋ³³ bit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-bi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: hong-bi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongbit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ bit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bit̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pang¹ bhig⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phang bi̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ³³⁻²³ bik̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹fon-miq
    • MiniDict: fon^平 mih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fon-miq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /foŋ⁵⁵ miɪʔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: buwng|phjowng mjit

Rime
Character	蜂	蜂	蜜
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	滂 (2)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	鍾 (7)	眞 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III
Fanqie	薄紅切	敷容切	彌畢切
Baxter	buwng	phjowng	mjit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buŋ/	/pʰɨoŋ/	/miɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buŋ/	/pʰioŋ/	/mit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buŋ/	/pʰioŋ/	/mjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwŋ/	/pʰuawŋ/	/mit̚/
Li Rong	/buŋ/	/pʰioŋ/	/miĕt̚/
Wang Li	/buŋ/	/pʰĭwoŋ/	/mĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuŋ/	/pʰi̯woŋ/	/mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péng	fēng	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pung4	fung1	mat6

Noun

蜂蜜 (fēngmì)

蜂蜜

1. honey (sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蜂蜜 (“honey”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蜜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜂蜜
Mandarin	Beijing	蜂蜜
	Taiwan	蜂蜜
	Tianjin	蜜
	Chengde	蜂蜜
	Tangshan	蜂蜜
	Cangzhou	蜂蜜
	Baoding	蜂蜜
	Shijiazhuang	蜜
	Chifeng	蜂蜜
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蜂蜜
	Heihe	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Qiqihar	蜂蜜
	Harbin	蜂蜜
	Jiamusi	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Baicheng	蜂蜜
	Changchun	蜂蜜
	Tonghua	蜂蜜
	Shenyang	蜂蜜
	Dandong	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Jinzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Dalian	蜂蜜
	Yantai	蜂蜜
	Yantai (Muping)	蜂蜜
	Qingdao	蜂蜜
	Lijin	蜜
	Zhucheng	蜂蜜
	Jinan	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Jining	蜜
	Luoyang	蜜
	Wanrong	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Shangqiu	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Yuanyang	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Zhengzhou	蜂蜜
	Lingbao	蜂糖
	Xinyang	蜂蜜
	Baihe	蜂蜜
	Hanzhong	蜂蜜, 蜂糖
	Xi'an	蜂蜜, 蜜, 蜂糖
	Baoji	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Yinchuan	蜂蜜
	Tianshui	蜂蜜
	Lanzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜, 蜂糖
	Dunhuang	蜂蜜
	Xining	蜂蜜
	Hami	蜂蜜
	Ürümqi	蜂蜜
	Wuhan	蜂蜜
	Yichang	蜂蜜, 蜂糖
	Xiangyang	蜂蜜, 蜂糖
	Tianmen	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Hong'an	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Chengdu	蜂糖, 蜂蜜
	Nanchong	蜂蜜, 蜂糖
	Dazhou	蜂糖
	Hanyuan	蜂蜜
	Xichang	蜂糖
	Zigong	蜂糖
	Chongqing	蜂糖
	Guiyang	蜂糖
	Zunyi	蜂蜜, 蜂糖
	Bijie	蜂糖
	Liping	蜂糖
	Zhaotong	蜂蜜
	Dali	蜂蜜
Kunming	蜂蜜, 蜂糖
Mengzi	蜂蜜
Guilin	蜜糖, 蜂蜜
Liuzhou	蜜糖, 蜂糖
Nanning (Wuming)	蜂蜜, 蜜糖
Jishou	蜂糖
Changde	蜜糖
Anqing	蜂蜜, 蜜
Xuzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜
Fuyang	蜂蜜, 蜜
Wuhu	蜂蜜, 蜜糖
Yangzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜
Lianyungang	蜂蜜, 蜜
Lianshui	蜂蜜
Nanjing	蜂蜜
Hefei	蜂蜜, 蜜, 蜜糖
Nantong	蜜
Malaysia	蜂蜜, 蜜糖
Singapore	蜂蜜, 蜜糖
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	蜂蜜
Dagudi (Maliba)	蜂蜜
Reshuitang (Longling)	蜂蜜
Mae Salong (Lancang)	蜂蜜
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	蜂蜜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蜜糖
	Hong Kong	蜜糖
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蜜糖
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	蜜糖
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蜜糖
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蜜糖
	Macau	蜜糖
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蜜糖
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蜜糖
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蜜糖
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蜜糖
	Foshan	蜜糖
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蜜糖
	Foshan (Shunde)	蜜糖
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蜜糖
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蜜糖
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蜜糖
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	蜜糖
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	蜜糖
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蜜糖
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蜜糖
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蜜糖, 蜂蜜
	Taishan	蜜糖
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蜜糖
	Enping (Niujiang)	蜜糖
	Heshan (Yayao)	蜜糖
	Dongguan	蜜糖
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蜜糖
	Qingyuan	蜂蜜
	Fogang	蜜糖
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蜜糖
	Yangshan	蜜糖
	Lianshan (Butian)	蜜糖
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	蜜糖
	Shaoguan	蜜糖
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蜜糖
	Renhua	蜜糖
	Lechang	蜂糖, 蜂蜜
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蜜糖
	Sihui	蜜糖
	Guangning	蜜糖
	Deqing	蜜糖
	Huaiji	蜜糖
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蜜糖
	Yunfu	蜜糖
	Xinxing	蜜糖
	Luoding	蜜糖
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蜜蜂糖
	Yangjiang	蜜糖
	Xinyi	蜜糖, 蜂糖
	Lianjiang	蜂蜜
	Nanning	蜜糖
	Nanning (Tanka)	蜜糖
	Wuzhou	蜜糖
	Yulin	蜜糖
	Rongxian	蜜糖
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蜂糖, 蜜糖
	Hepu (Shatian)	蜂糖
	Guiping	蜜糖
	Guiping (Mule)	蜜糖
	Pingnan	蜜糖
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	蜜糖
	Guigang (Pingdong)	蜜糖
	Beihai	蜂蜜糖
Beihai (Nankang)	蜂糖
Beihai (Yingpan)	蜂糖
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	蜂糖, 蜜糖
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蜂糖
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	蜂糖
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蜜糖
Ipoh (Guangfu)	蜜糖, 蜂蜜, honey
Sarikei (Xinhui)	蜜糖
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蜜糖
Móng Cái	蜂糖
Bangkok (Guangfu)	蜜糖
Betong (Rongxian)	蜜糖
Gan	Nanchang	蜜糖, 蜜
	Lichuan	蜜糖
	Pingxiang	蜂糖
	Jianning	蜜糖
Hakka	Meixian	蜂糖
	Xingning	蜂糖
	Dabu (Xihe)	蜂糖
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蜜糖
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蜜糖
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蜜糖
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蜜糖
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	蜂糖
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蜂糖
	Wuhua (Changbu)	蜂糖
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	蜂糖
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	蜜糖
	Wengyuan	蜂糖
	Liannan	蜜糖
	Conghua (Lütian)	蜜糖
	Jiexi	蜂糖, 蜂蜜
	Luhe	蜂糖
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	蜂糖
	Changting	蜂糖
	Yongding	蜂糖
	Yongding (Xiayang)	蜂糖
	Yongding (Gaobei)	蜂糖
	Yongding (Hukeng)	蜂糖
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	蜂糖
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蜂糖
	Liancheng (Juxi)	蜂糖
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	蜂糖
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	蜂糖
	Ninghua	蜜
	Yudu	蜜糖, 蜂糖
	Ningdu	蜂糖
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蜂糖
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	蜜蜂糖
	Dayu	蜜糖
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蜂糖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蜂糖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蜂糖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蜂糖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蜂糖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蜂糖
	Hong Kong	蜜糖
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	蜜糖
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	蜜糖
	Xinyi (Sihe)	蜜糖
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	蜂糖
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	蜂糖
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	黃蜂糖
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	蜂糖
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	蜂糖
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	蜂糖
	Mengshan (Xihe)	蜜糖
	Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao)	蜂蜜
	Luchuan	蜂糖
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蜂糖
	Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan)	黃蜂糖
	Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian)	蜂糖
	Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang)	蜜蜂糖
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	蜜糖
	Rongxian (Xiandi)	蜜糖
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	蜜糖
	Senai (Huiyang)	蜜糖
	Bangkok (Meixian)	蜂糖
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	蜂糖
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	糖蜂糖
Huizhou	Jixi	蜜糖, 蜂蜜
	Shexian	蜜糖
	Fuliang	蜂糖
Jin	Taiyuan	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Yangyuan	蜂蜜
	Datong	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Xinzhou	蜂兒蜜, 蜜
	Lishi	蜜
	Linfen	蜂蜜
	Changzhi	蜂蜜
	Linhe	蜂蜜
	Jining	蜂蜜
	Hohhot	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Erenhot	蜂蜜
	Pingshan	蜜
	Zhangjiakou	蜂蜜
	Handan	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Linzhou	蜂蜜
	Suide	蜂蜜, 蜜, 蜂糖
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蜂糖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Fuqing	蜂蜜, 蜜
Southern Min	Xiamen	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Quanzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Zhangzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Tainan	蜜
	Penang (Hokkien)	蜜糖
	Longyan	蜂糖
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	蜂糖
	Pingnan (Sijie)	蜜糖
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	蜜糖, 蜂糖, 蜜
	Lechang (Tatou)	蜜糖
	Yingde (Yuzui)	蜜糖
	Yunan (Liantan)	蜜糖
	Chaozhou	蜂蜜, 蜜
	Shantou	蜜, 蜂蜜
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蜜蜂
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	蜜糖
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	蜜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蜂蜜
	Leizhou	蜂糖, 蜜糖
	Haikou	蜂糖
Puxian Min	Putian	冬蜜
	Putian (Donghai)	蜂蜜
	Putian (Jiangkou)	冬蜜
	Putian (Nanri)	蜂蜜, 冬蜜
	Xianyou	蜂蜜, 冬蜜
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蜂蜜
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蜂蜜
Central Min	Yong'an	蜂蜜
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	蜜糖
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	蜜糖
	Sanxiang	蜜糖
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蜜糖
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蜜糖
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	蜂糖
Wu	Shanghai	蜜糖
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蜜糖
	Shanghai (Jiading)	蜜糖, 蜜
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	蜂蜜, 蜜糖
	Suzhou	蜜糖, 蜜
	Danyang	蜜糖
	Hangzhou	蜂蜜, 蜜糖
	Ningbo	蜂糖, 蜜糖
	Wenzhou	蜜, 蜂蜜
	Jinhua	蜂糖
Xiang	Changsha	蜜糖, 蜜
	Loudi	蜂糖, 蜜糖
	Shuangfeng	蜂糖, 蜜糖
	Jiangyong	蜜糖
	Quanzhou	蜂蜜

Derived terms

• 蜂蜜水 (fēngmìshuǐ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜂蜜):

• → Korean: 봉밀(蜂蜜) (bongmil)

Japanese

蜂蜜 (hachimitsu): honey.

Kanji in this term
蜂	蜜
はち Grade: S	みつ Grade: S
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 蜂 (hachi, “bee”) +‎ 蜜 (mitsu, “honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はちみつ [hàchímítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡ɕimʲit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

蜂(はち)蜜(みつ) or 蜂蜜(ハチミツ) • (hachimitsu) 

1. honey

Derived terms

• 蜂蜜色(はちみついろ) (hachimitsu iro): the colour of honey

See also

• 蜜蜂(みつばち) (mitsubachi): a honeybee
• 蜜蝋(みつろう) (mitsurō): beeswax

Korean

Hanja in this term
蜂	蜜

Noun

蜂蜜 • (bongmil) (hangeul 봉밀)

1. Hanja form^? of 봉밀 (“honey”).